When planning your garden design, get creative and express yourself with art, unusual structures and water features. Here, an aqua-sphere water feature is surrounded by delphinium, wildflowers and grasses.

A beautiful wooden entryway pairs with blue shutters to give this home a traditional cottage feel. Stone walls topped with red siding expand the home's space and create an intriguing shape. Concrete squares provide a walkway to the front door through the surrounding gravel and mulched yard.

After: A brick path was laid in three different levels with the lowest level at the yard's gate, the middle level at the seating area and the upper level near the entryway. To save money, the window sashes were painted a bold red that popped against the existing house color.

An outdoor room has to be functional, but it also has to be engaging or you'll never use it. Elyse Santoro, a Miami-based interior designer/decorator asks clients to think about places they've traveled to that they absolutely love. "If they say they love Tuscany or the vineyards in northern California, I ask them to remember what it felt like there and to create their outdoor space with elements of that place."

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Wildflower Garden With Spherical Sculpture

When planning your garden design, get creative and express yourself with art, unusual structures and water features. Here, an aqua-sphere water feature is surrounded by delphinium, wildflowers and grasses.

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Cottage Exterior Features Mixed Textures

A beautiful wooden entryway pairs with blue shutters to give this home a traditional cottage feel. Stone walls topped with red siding expand the home's space and create an intriguing shape. Concrete squares provide a walkway to the front door through the surrounding gravel and mulched yard.

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Quaint Cottage-Style Home Exterior With Beautiful Landscaping

After: A brick path was laid in three different levels with the lowest level at the yard's gate, the middle level at the seating area and the upper level near the entryway. To save money, the window sashes were painted a bold red that popped against the existing house color.

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Cottage Style Outdoor Space With Trellis and Blue Bench

An outdoor room has to be functional, but it also has to be engaging or you'll never use it. Elyse Santoro, a Miami-based interior designer/decorator asks clients to think about places they've traveled to that they absolutely love. "If they say they love Tuscany or the vineyards in northern California, I ask them to remember what it felt like there and to create their outdoor space with elements of that place."